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but let us not crush the creativity and let us not look for a financial solution to economic problems. >> on that note, thank you all very much. we will be back right after this. >>> now, for our what in the world segment. what got my attention was this. it isn't some disneyland re-creation of how things were done in ancient times. it's a camel running a sesame mill and it's happening now. in the nation of yemen. i think when the politicians and pundits new front on the war on terror in yemen and when officials talking about partnerring with yemen's government to bring stability and economic ability to that country, i despair. here we go again. look, yemen is a desperately poor country set back hundreds of years in the past. it's the midst of a slow war in the north and it has a south that has been trying to succeed since 1994. yemen's capital may be the first in modern history to pick up and move because it ran out of water. but the government of that capital has seemingly little control anyway and most of the country tribal customs are the only law of the land and that land is mostl
but let us not crush the creativity and let us not look for a financial solution to economic problems. >> on that note, thank you all very much. we will be back right after this. >>> now, for our what in the world segment. what got my attention was this. it isn't some disneyland re-creation of how things were done in ancient times. it's a camel running a sesame mill and it's happening now. in the nation of yemen. i think when the politicians and pundits new front on the war on...
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that's always used for good. it can just as well be used for bad. >>> we will be back right after this. >> i think when we come to the state where al qaeda is not successfully carrying out operations or attempting to carry out operations in the way that would cause a number of deaths -- >> that seeds the initiative entirely to them. before you begin an aspirin regimen. talk to your doctor, and take care of what you have to take care of. and now winter skin can be too. discover relief from dry, uncomfortable skin... with skin relief moisturizing lotion. only aveeno has an active naturals... triple oat and shea butter formula... that soothes, nourishes and restores moisture. women saw improvement in all five symptoms... of winter skin in just one day. beauty you can see and feel. that's being comfortable in your own skin. aveeno skin relief. and try aveeno baby soothing relief... for baby's dry skin this winter. aveeno. that's the beauty of nature and science. where's my car?!!!! where are you?! arghhh... (announce
that's always used for good. it can just as well be used for bad. >>> we will be back right after this. >> i think when we come to the state where al qaeda is not successfully carrying out operations or attempting to carry out operations in the way that would cause a number of deaths -- >> that seeds the initiative entirely to them. before you begin an aspirin regimen. talk to your doctor, and take care of what you have to take care of. and now winter skin can be too....
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they come to us for help. at ge capital, we've been financing taylor guitars for over eight years, helping them build a strong dealer network. bringing music to people... i like that. ♪ ♪ [ bob ] i didn't know you could play. i didn't either. ♪ of some of the annoying symptoms menopause brings. go introducing one a day menopause formula. the only complete multivitamin with soy isoflavones to help address hot flashes and mild mood changes. new one a day menopause formula. i just wish that all of the important information was gathered together in one place. [ printer whirs ] done. ♪ thanks. do you work here? not yet. from tax info to debunking myths, the field guide to evolving your workforce has everything you need. download it now at thinkbeyondthelabel.com. >>> now for a "what in the world" segment. what got my attentions aa magazine called "inspire." it seems just like any other, has a letters to the editor, a letter from the editor, an index, advertisements, features. but when you look at the index
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what does it tell us? we're in this big crisis and perhaps neither left or right -- >> lionel is right in saying that you can simultaneously have, as in the 1930s -- you're quite right about that -- you can have a kind of uprush of adrenaline-driven populist fury, a kind of animal lashing out really. scapegoa scapegoats. in father coughlin's case it was the jews among others. at the same time, if you have a shrewd, determined canny leader of true setting the bar very high like franklin roosevelt and those around him. he can actually sponge up some of that anger and say, i understand you, i hear you and the presidency and my government is not the enemy of the forgotten man, of the small man. here is what we're trying to do to make sure you and your children -- at the moment, we have to say barack obama has only, we would only give him a "b," at best, doing that. because sponging up populist fury is so not his style. when he has it, he probably goes and plays a round of pickup hoop. >> he's what was describe
what does it tell us? we're in this big crisis and perhaps neither left or right -- >> lionel is right in saying that you can simultaneously have, as in the 1930s -- you're quite right about that -- you can have a kind of uprush of adrenaline-driven populist fury, a kind of animal lashing out really. scapegoa scapegoats. in father coughlin's case it was the jews among others. at the same time, if you have a shrewd, determined canny leader of true setting the bar very high like franklin...
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even when he was not president, you see what i'm -- israel, i used to go to his office when he used to come to turkey, he used to come to my office. so we know each other. but this time there of no such appointment, you see. >> if you met with president peres, what would you say to him? >> i'm telling that okay, approach realistically, and be realistic. of course, not the personal things. and think what happened and think the value of turkey. is it in your interests or not? >> to have a strong relationship? >> yes. >> but you would see him with no precondition? you don't -- you would be willing to meet president peres without an apology, just a conversation? >> no. i mean, what i see, they are defending their act, and criticizing us as if we did something wrong. with this understanding, how can i meet? i mean, the approach -- the feeling is important, first of all. how can i ignore my people who were killed? we are the -- we have the state tradition. we are, therefore, this 1,000-year tradition, state tradition we have, how can i forget all of these things? >> president gul, great plea
even when he was not president, you see what i'm -- israel, i used to go to his office when he used to come to turkey, he used to come to my office. so we know each other. but this time there of no such appointment, you see. >> if you met with president peres, what would you say to him? >> i'm telling that okay, approach realistically, and be realistic. of course, not the personal things. and think what happened and think the value of turkey. is it in your interests or not? >>...
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the outcome of the elections is known to all of us. but the issue is as far as his legitimacy is concerned, apart from the elections and the outcome in the votes he has not proved to the people six months after his inauguration that he can bring change. that's my main concern. i wish in spite of what had happened in the elections he would have been able to deliver to the people and -- >> deliver to the people in the sense of governance, lack of corruption, services on the ground, things like that? >> absolutely. at least to show the political will so the people could see signs of change. change will take time. that's not happening six months after his inauguration. today as we are speaking our parliament is in silent strike because he has not introduced the members of the cabinet. if you take it, his decree was rejected with unanimous vote in the lower house of the parliament a few days ago. that seems -- it seems that we are not making progress. >> do you think that the surge that president obama has authorized, the increase in americ
the outcome of the elections is known to all of us. but the issue is as far as his legitimacy is concerned, apart from the elections and the outcome in the votes he has not proved to the people six months after his inauguration that he can bring change. that's my main concern. i wish in spite of what had happened in the elections he would have been able to deliver to the people and -- >> deliver to the people in the sense of governance, lack of corruption, services on the ground, things...
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t tell us more. fill if tn the details. >> look, there was pressure, for example, to nationalize banks. there still is an ongoing debate about whether that would or would not have been a good idea. but the president did not do that. one would think this a socialist would be all in favor of jumping at the opportunity to nationalize banks. he has maintained the basic structure of our capitalist system, despite the fact that we've ne through a very dramatic period. so i think that reflectsan -- i mean, the word i would say is attempt at- -- is yearning for pragmatic problems and solutions just did not fit. >> people say he's never spent time in private business. i reali that he was briefly at a private law firm. some people would doubt whether that counts. but this he doesn't have a feel or business. and that very few people in his administration have that feel. >> well, i don't know that his previous experience really speaks to where his yoknow, what his policy outlook is. >> alan greenspan was asked o
t tell us more. fill if tn the details. >> look, there was pressure, for example, to nationalize banks. there still is an ongoing debate about whether that would or would not have been a good idea. but the president did not do that. one would think this a socialist would be all in favor of jumping at the opportunity to nationalize banks. he has maintained the basic structure of our capitalist system, despite the fact that we've ne through a very dramatic period. so i think that reflectsan...
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but let us be very clear. pakistan does not share or appreciate the taliban's vision for afghanistan or for pakistan. we want to make sure that we enter the 21st century as a modern muslim democratic nation, and we do not wish for afghanistan anything we do not wish for pakistan. >> all i'm wondering is if two years ago they had these ties is it reasonable for us to assume, are we being asked to assume too much to say just because mr. haqqani is now the ambassador and his views are, you know, wiser that the pakistani military has turned its back on three decades or four decades of activity in one year? >> i know that the general view, and you also expressed this many times, is that the pakistani civilian government is weak. now, i understand that there will be misgivings based on the past. but the u.s. leadership, and you will notice that president obama has weighed in, admiral mullen has weighed in, we have heard from national security adviser jim jones, they've all made it very clear that what is happening t
but let us be very clear. pakistan does not share or appreciate the taliban's vision for afghanistan or for pakistan. we want to make sure that we enter the 21st century as a modern muslim democratic nation, and we do not wish for afghanistan anything we do not wish for pakistan. >> all i'm wondering is if two years ago they had these ties is it reasonable for us to assume, are we being asked to assume too much to say just because mr. haqqani is now the ambassador and his views are, you...
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-- that he may be using drugs. i don't know that. but it -- i wouldn't have said it if i had not thought there was a significant possibility that that was true. this behavior is very strange. >> what you have heard from within the palace, do it speak of particular drugs? >> well, hashish use or marijuana is quite common in afghanistan. i want to be clear, i have not heard any indcation that he has used opium or heroin. >> and this behavior would be consistent with some kind of drug problem? >> what is clear -- i think we should keep the focus on what we know what is clear is that his behavior is very erratic, it is counterproductive to his country. here he has 100,000 u.s. troops on the ground fighting to keep him in power, support his government, and he announces he's going over to the enemy? he is the beneficiary of one of the most fraudulent elections in history, and he accuses the united nations and the individual who blew the whistle on the fraud of committing the fraud? this is not a credible or rationale pol
-- that he may be using drugs. i don't know that. but it -- i wouldn't have said it if i had not thought there was a significant possibility that that was true. this behavior is very strange. >> what you have heard from within the palace, do it speak of particular drugs? >> well, hashish use or marijuana is quite common in afghanistan. i want to be clear, i have not heard any indcation that he has used opium or heroin. >> and this behavior would be consistent with some kind of...
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it used to be about 42%. now it was about 53% or so of people. i think the president in a number of ways domestically, a lot of business, a lot of spending. the promise, i think, of tax increases has taken people aback a little bit and i think he has damaged his brand, as they say in the language of merchandising which has now become the language of politics. i think jersey was the big election. i think obama had carried jersey i think by about 15 points just one year ago. now the democratic governor, a strong supporter of obama, obama had come and stood with him three times saying, new jersey, vote for this man. he just lost by five points. it was about a 20-point drop in support. that tells you something. jersey is a democratic state, but they're worried about specific things. unemployment, taxes, they worry about a lot in jersey. terrible property taxes. a bad economy. that's where their minds are. that's who votes in jersey. the president -- >> i lived in jersey. >> i lived in jersey. that's what they're worried about right now. >> still in j
it used to be about 42%. now it was about 53% or so of people. i think the president in a number of ways domestically, a lot of business, a lot of spending. the promise, i think, of tax increases has taken people aback a little bit and i think he has damaged his brand, as they say in the language of merchandising which has now become the language of politics. i think jersey was the big election. i think obama had carried jersey i think by about 15 points just one year ago. now the democratic...
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what they used to call me-to republicans. republicans in name only. to purify idelogically the party. they succeeded in that. what they did is to leave themselves with a party that is fairly uniform in its views so that even at the height of his popularity, barack obama couldn't get republican votes for the stimulus package. even then. >> but that's exactly the opposite of what is happening now, sam. purism took a hit in new jersey and virginia in massachusetts. people were practical, they voted on issues. they voted for republicans who are conservative economically but very nonsnarling who are not guys who you can look at and say, that is an idlog. i interviewed scott brown, the senator elect, i guess, from massachusetts two days ago. the first thing he did was compliment obama. something new is going on. it is a certain, it's a growing pragmatism among the tea party people who voted in virginia, new jersey and massachusetts for guys they were not 100% on the page for. >> what did lindsey graham say after the election on tuesday? he said if you're a
what they used to call me-to republicans. republicans in name only. to purify idelogically the party. they succeeded in that. what they did is to leave themselves with a party that is fairly uniform in its views so that even at the height of his popularity, barack obama couldn't get republican votes for the stimulus package. even then. >> but that's exactly the opposite of what is happening now, sam. purism took a hit in new jersey and virginia in massachusetts. people were practical,...
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we don't know what that's going to mean for us. financial reform, we don't know what that's going to mean for us. do you think that's a fair point? >> i think it's a fair point that there is a -- there is some strain in the relationship between the business community and government. if i were the business community, and i would start with that, if i may, i think i would start and look at what obama's actually done. and i think what he's actually done -- let's haev health care aside for the moment because it's a complicated issue. they've got a big with a lot of interesting pieces in it, but paul is very knowledgeable. some interesting views on that. but if you look at what they did with the stimulus and dealing with financial institutions, i think they brought us back from the brink. financial reform i think is a very sensible piece of legislation though i think there are other things we need to do. if you put it on a yellow pad they look pretty good. in fact, i think they look very good. but there clearly are a lot of strains sxip
we don't know what that's going to mean for us. financial reform, we don't know what that's going to mean for us. do you think that's a fair point? >> i think it's a fair point that there is a -- there is some strain in the relationship between the business community and government. if i were the business community, and i would start with that, if i may, i think i would start and look at what obama's actually done. and i think what he's actually done -- let's haev health care aside for...
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it's going to keep coming at us and i just don't mean us, the united states, i think us internationally until we take steps to finish it off. >> you know, if i look at the intelligence that one gets and reads and it suggests that there are a few hundred al qaeda members or operatives in yemen. by your own admission, that's probably more than there are in afghanistan, yet we have, we will have 100,000 troops in afghanistan. why not take a much more aggressive approach in yemen? >> again, it's a sovereign country and we have great respect for the president there in terms of his, his judgment in terms of what he needs to do this and right now as far as any kind of boots on the ground there with respect to the united states, that's just not, that's not a possibility. i mean, he's -- we're not into those kind of discussions. in all of these, in all of these fights with al qaeda and with terrorists, it is typically relatively small numbers, nimble, agile, very typical and they have studied us and they have adjust and typically it does take larger numbers to get at those. in the case of afghan
it's going to keep coming at us and i just don't mean us, the united states, i think us internationally until we take steps to finish it off. >> you know, if i look at the intelligence that one gets and reads and it suggests that there are a few hundred al qaeda members or operatives in yemen. by your own admission, that's probably more than there are in afghanistan, yet we have, we will have 100,000 troops in afghanistan. why not take a much more aggressive approach in yemen? >>...
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may be using drugs. this behavior very strange. >> what you have heard from within the palace, does it speak of particular drugs? >> well, hashish use or mayor juan is quite common in afghanistan. >> after that, a panel discussion with, you a monk others, editor of "time" magazine, pulitzer-prize-winning historian, new columnist for "the new york times." you won't want to miss any of this. let's get started. >>> peter galbraith served for many years as american diplomat and has had a dramatic impact on american policy. in croatia, as ambassador, sounded the alarm that ultimately led to u.s. military involvement in the balkans. as a private citizen, he helped the kurds carve out an autonomous republic within iraq. his most recent posting was to afghanistan where he was sent by u.n. secretary general moon to monitor last year's presidential election. galbraith as he saw widespread voter fraud and most of it favoring president hamid karzai. when he spoke out about this, he was fired. now he speaking out abo
may be using drugs. this behavior very strange. >> what you have heard from within the palace, does it speak of particular drugs? >> well, hashish use or mayor juan is quite common in afghanistan. >> after that, a panel discussion with, you a monk others, editor of "time" magazine, pulitzer-prize-winning historian, new columnist for "the new york times." you won't want to miss any of this. let's get started. >>> peter galbraith served for many...
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that's what's eating us alive. we're just paralyzed because this huge gap and the idea that no, we have to cut more taxes cut more taxes rather than take an honest piece of arithmetic and say it's going to have to be both. we're going to have spending cuts and tax increases, but let's take this serious. >> tax increases. you go along with the value-added tax? >> no, i can't. when you do an honest bit of math and say, suppose i want to get rid of the deficit this year, i want no deficit for the united states, well, the tax foundation did some math this week on that. they found that the top rate would be 65%. we would need that to zero deficit. also, everyone else's rate would go up, too. it would be needed across the board increase. the future of the u.s. -- >> nobody's saying you have to go down to zero. nobody saying it has to be done through income tax. >> the future of the u.s. lies in the reforming of the entitlements. not in adjusting the taxes or even necessarily adding of that. i would argue that the that is
that's what's eating us alive. we're just paralyzed because this huge gap and the idea that no, we have to cut more taxes cut more taxes rather than take an honest piece of arithmetic and say it's going to have to be both. we're going to have spending cuts and tax increases, but let's take this serious. >> tax increases. you go along with the value-added tax? >> no, i can't. when you do an honest bit of math and say, suppose i want to get rid of the deficit this year, i want no...
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that's what history tells us, that's what the international experience tells us. so there's big reforms which will be slow to take effect about the way we pay for health care, about how we decide whether treatment should be applied, but all of that wrapped inside a package that finally gives more or less universal access to health insurance. >> robert samuelson, you have been long skeptical about the cost controls. >> by not controlling health spending we are essentially making this a series of unintended political decisions about what not to spend it on. we're not spending on schools, we're not spending more on basic research. ultimately -- or on defense or national security or national parks. go down the list of things that the government does, most of which are very good and provide high benefits for the public. by not controlling health spending, we are allowing this to squeeze out all of these other public goods, i think to our detriment and we're also putting enormous pressure, upward pressure on taxes and squeezing private incomes. so a decision is being ma
that's what history tells us, that's what the international experience tells us. so there's big reforms which will be slow to take effect about the way we pay for health care, about how we decide whether treatment should be applied, but all of that wrapped inside a package that finally gives more or less universal access to health insurance. >> robert samuelson, you have been long skeptical about the cost controls. >> by not controlling health spending we are essentially making this...
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he'll tell us what he sees in the u.s. jobs picture and also tell us why he was blocked by the gop from a spot on the federal reserve. >>> next up, afghanistan is talking to the taliban, iraq still doesn't have a government, currency wars are breaking out all over the globe. we'll spin the globe and talk about all of this and much more be a great "gps" panel. >>> what in the world, al qaeda attacks on paper, we'll explain. >>> now iraq has been without a government for longer than any nation in all of history. we'll talk to one of the major players in the impasse, former prime minister iyad allawi. and finally a last look at the mine in chile. if you didn't think there was anymore good news that could come out of there, we've actually got some. let's get started. >>> in these fractious times the only thing americans seem to be able to agree on is that unemployment is the most important issue in the land and with the official unemployment rate at 9.6%, that's understandable. americans want answers and people want jobs, and
he'll tell us what he sees in the u.s. jobs picture and also tell us why he was blocked by the gop from a spot on the federal reserve. >>> next up, afghanistan is talking to the taliban, iraq still doesn't have a government, currency wars are breaking out all over the globe. we'll spin the globe and talk about all of this and much more be a great "gps" panel. >>> what in the world, al qaeda attacks on paper, we'll explain. >>> now iraq has been without a...
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al qaeda harmed us, not islam. and secretary of state clinton said when she was against burning of koran, even secretary of defense, he phoned the guy himself. he spoke with himself. i appreciate this, admire this. this is exactly the kind of cooperation we need. >> so you wrote this letter, and the end of the, you say i believe i'm expressing the views of the vast majority of muslims who which to see the religion regain the respect it's lost. and you give a lot of details to convince bin laden of your credibility. do you think he will read this letter? do you think it will make an impact? >> i am 100% sure he will read it. and the people around him. so i'm thinking about the young muslims, which they still maybe they want to be a terrorist, be al qaeda. it will give them a second thought about it terrorism, i believe it's a circus. it used to have just one gate, which allows you to get in. the problem is, we need to open gates to get out of that cycle this is my work. i believe it will help a lot of people. youth
al qaeda harmed us, not islam. and secretary of state clinton said when she was against burning of koran, even secretary of defense, he phoned the guy himself. he spoke with himself. i appreciate this, admire this. this is exactly the kind of cooperation we need. >> so you wrote this letter, and the end of the, you say i believe i'm expressing the views of the vast majority of muslims who which to see the religion regain the respect it's lost. and you give a lot of details to convince bin...
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al qaeda harm us, not the islam. secretary of state clinton, when she said like she was against the burning of koran. even secretary of defense, you know, gates, he phoned the guy himself. he spoke with him. i really appreciate this. and we should admire this. this is exactly the kind of cooperation we need. >> so you wrote this letter and the end of it you say "i believe i am expressing the views of the vast majority of muslims, who wish to see their religion regain the respect it has lost and who long to carry the name of muslim with pride." and you give a lot of details in this letter to convince bin laden of your credibility. do you think he will read this letter? and do you think it will make an impact? >> yeah. i am 100% sure he will read it and the people around him. so i'm thinking about the young muslims, which they still at the age maybe they will, as i told you, want to be a terrorist, want to be al qaeda. it will give them like a second thought about it. i'm giving them, because terrorism, i believe it's
al qaeda harm us, not the islam. secretary of state clinton, when she said like she was against the burning of koran. even secretary of defense, you know, gates, he phoned the guy himself. he spoke with him. i really appreciate this. and we should admire this. this is exactly the kind of cooperation we need. >> so you wrote this letter and the end of it you say "i believe i am expressing the views of the vast majority of muslims, who wish to see their religion regain the respect it...
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they're never going to be used. but why should we have mass unemployment of schoolteachers, of automotive workers, of all these parts of the economy that had nothing to do with the bubble but are now caught up in the tailspin as the economy suffers the aftermath of the bubble? why should those people be left unemployed? >> you realize that there is right now very little political prospect of your recommendations being enacted. >> i don't expect to win this debate on policy this month, but i'm hoping that over the course of a year or two that we can hope to at least -- at least make policy less awful than it would otherwise be. >> make policy less awful than it would otherwise be. that's a ringing cry to the battlements. >> hey, i'm an economist. they don't call it the dismal science for nothing. but this is -- and also, i think there's a question you just have to -- let's get the story of what just happened right. what we just had was a kind of hysteria among the policy elite in which -- in which based on really no
they're never going to be used. but why should we have mass unemployment of schoolteachers, of automotive workers, of all these parts of the economy that had nothing to do with the bubble but are now caught up in the tailspin as the economy suffers the aftermath of the bubble? why should those people be left unemployed? >> you realize that there is right now very little political prospect of your recommendations being enacted. >> i don't expect to win this debate on policy this...
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in any normal economic time many of us would have voted to let it go. government shouldn't be saving losers and helping winners and so on. we weren't in normal economic time. this was early march of 2009. the economy was in free fall. the stock market was in free-fall. we didn't know if the financial markets were going to recover or not. and chrysler would have been 300,000 jobs on day one. .2% on the unemployment rate. that was a social experiment that we didn't really want to take if we thought chrysler could be saved. and we thought chrysler could be saved. >> looking forward is the american car industry viable with three companies? should it really pair down over time to two? >> i believe that we restructured gm and chrysler to a place where for the foreseeable future it can make money. it involved sacrifice for workers. this is not the american dream for how people see their benefits and even their wages go down. but this is what was necessary to compete globally. gm's base wages are $28. in mexico gm pays $7 an hour. in india, gm pays $1 an hour a
in any normal economic time many of us would have voted to let it go. government shouldn't be saving losers and helping winners and so on. we weren't in normal economic time. this was early march of 2009. the economy was in free fall. the stock market was in free-fall. we didn't know if the financial markets were going to recover or not. and chrysler would have been 300,000 jobs on day one. .2% on the unemployment rate. that was a social experiment that we didn't really want to take if we...
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want to do none of us believe in even. all of which damaged things that we think are important. and all we are doing in the end is selecting which are the least important among these incredibly important things. >> we are going to take a break, come back and discuss the economy and of course, at that point, we will consult the deity, polly toynbee says martin wolf is the voice of god, so we will begin with martin wolf. we will be back in a moment. >> some think 80% are being taxed. >> that is an absurd extreme case. >> is ridiculous, precisely ridiculous, ridiculous that people would pay 80%. >> large numbers of people who are very undertaxed. (voice 2) how bad is it? (voice 1) traffic's off the chart... (voice 2) they're pinging more targets... (voice 3) isolate... prevent damage... (voice 2) got 'em. (voice 3) great exercise guys. let's run it again. ???????????????????????????????? >>> hello. i'm fredricka whitfield in atlanta. checking today's top stories this sunday afternoon. bp officials say the recapped oil well ma
want to do none of us believe in even. all of which damaged things that we think are important. and all we are doing in the end is selecting which are the least important among these incredibly important things. >> we are going to take a break, come back and discuss the economy and of course, at that point, we will consult the deity, polly toynbee says martin wolf is the voice of god, so we will begin with martin wolf. we will be back in a moment. >> some think 80% are being taxed....
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war lords are benefiting from us. karzai and his drug dealing brother are benefiting from us. the taliban who are demanding kickbacks from different contracts to work in their areas are benefiting from us. our money is the main source -- is the main cause of the conflict in the first place. so all we want is more and more and more, more troops, more money. >> i agree with you there's a lot of corruption in afghanistan and a lot of our aid money has been siphoned off to very ma li malign actors. if we weren't there, you would see a repeat of the 1990s when you saw horrific civil war with kabul getting bombed every day and with the taliban eventually taking over. that would happen again, if our troops weren't there. >> all right. we are going to take a break and we're going to talk about what is likely to happen when we do start pulling back 2014, whether that's realistic, and what afghanistan will look like after 2014. when we come back. >>> it is something you hear very often in afghanistan. people's fear that there would be a return to civil war. one word turns innovative des
war lords are benefiting from us. karzai and his drug dealing brother are benefiting from us. the taliban who are demanding kickbacks from different contracts to work in their areas are benefiting from us. our money is the main source -- is the main cause of the conflict in the first place. so all we want is more and more and more, more troops, more money. >> i agree with you there's a lot of corruption in afghanistan and a lot of our aid money has been siphoned off to very ma li malign...
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i don't mean you, i mean us, the media. in dealing with a serious problem involving technical breakdown, engineering malfunctions, environmental fallout, regulatory mishaps, the media has decided to hone in on one central issue above all others, presidential emotion. the overriding need of the hour we have decided is not a cleanup plan, not a regulatory overhaul, not a new energy policy, but the image of the president visibly enraged. take a look at these clips put together by ben from "the huffington post." >> in this oil crisis the president's critics are out in force claiming he's too unemotional. >> president obama is being criticized for not showing enough emotion in response to this gulf oil leak. >> is it time for the president to show emotion. >> we want to know what you think, should president obama show more emotion? >> we've been talking a lot about whether or not the president is responding, emoting enough. >> not showing enough emotion. >> what do you think, should president obama be shoring more emotion? >> wh
i don't mean you, i mean us, the media. in dealing with a serious problem involving technical breakdown, engineering malfunctions, environmental fallout, regulatory mishaps, the media has decided to hone in on one central issue above all others, presidential emotion. the overriding need of the hour we have decided is not a cleanup plan, not a regulatory overhaul, not a new energy policy, but the image of the president visibly enraged. take a look at these clips put together by ben from...
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use it almost anywhere you use sugar. even in cooking and baking. sweet! [ female announcer ] splenda® granulated with fiber. i just wish that all of the important information was gathered together in one place. [ printer whirs ] done. ♪ thanks. do you work here? not yet. from tax info to debunking myths, the field guide to evolving your workforce has everything you need. download it now at thinkbeyondthelabel.com. personal pricing now on brakes. tell us what you want to pay. we do our best to make that work. deal! my money. my choice. my meineke. conservative islam as equal to radical islam or violent islam. but i'm going to tell you about a muslim country conservative, religious and peaceful and democratic. it is dealt so well with terror and extremism within its borders it is now modeled at other nations are trying to follow. the nation is malaysia. when secretary of state hillary clinton was in its capital this week she endorsed the malaysian prime minister najib's call. when the prime minister was in new york a few weeks ago i talked to him about h
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so the tie has gotten a lot of use. now, it's entirely in character that warren buffet would buy and hold his
so the tie has gotten a lot of use. now, it's entirely in character that warren buffet would buy and hold his
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us harm. uh, yes, many of us have been pointing that out for over a decade now. i wrote a "newsweek" cover essay two weeks after 9/11 entitled "why they hate us" to explain just that phenomenon. but hating america is not the same thing as being a terrorist. believe me, if we had 157 million muslim terrorists active across the world, we would be hearing more about it. but beck made another claim in his discourse on terrorism. >> you don't think 1%, half a percent here in the united states of radicals, of people who want to violently overthrow the government is a problem? of course it is. why isn't it receiving coverage? why? >> well, glenn, again, maybe because it just isn't true. i can't find any poll or study or shred of data that suggests that 1.5 million americans -- which is what that number would work out to -- want to violently overthrow their government. now,s the s therthere is a pew march and some similar ones from other groups that find that about 20% of america is angry with the fed
us harm. uh, yes, many of us have been pointing that out for over a decade now. i wrote a "newsweek" cover essay two weeks after 9/11 entitled "why they hate us" to explain just that phenomenon. but hating america is not the same thing as being a terrorist. believe me, if we had 157 million muslim terrorists active across the world, we would be hearing more about it. but beck made another claim in his discourse on terrorism. >> you don't think 1%, half a percent here...
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we use it a lot. we are just using it today over immigration reform. when you have mayor bloomberg coming together with fox news to push for real immigration reform. on drug reform. you know, it is a huge left/right coalition. on afghanistan. on wall street reform. >> on executive power. >> we are trying to go beyond left and right in this sense. when we come back, we're going to talk more about the right than the left. >>> and we are back with our star-studded panel. arianna huffington, ross douthat, katrina vanden heuvel and eliot spitzer. arianna, sarah palin is the right's answer to obama going to be what is traditionally happens with parties in opposition. they go to their base and find somebody who is true to the base but probably can't win the general election. >> well, sarah palin is responding to something beyond the base. she is responding to the anger at the bailout and she is responding to a sense of unfairness among the american people, which goes to independence, which goes to a lot of middle class americans who are feeling that the game
we use it a lot. we are just using it today over immigration reform. when you have mayor bloomberg coming together with fox news to push for real immigration reform. on drug reform. you know, it is a huge left/right coalition. on afghanistan. on wall street reform. >> on executive power. >> we are trying to go beyond left and right in this sense. when we come back, we're going to talk more about the right than the left. >>> and we are back with our star-studded panel....
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we use it a lot. we are just using it today over immigration reform. when you have mayor bloomberg coming together with fox news to push for real immigration reform. on drug reform. you know, it is a huge left/right coalition. on afghanistan. on wall street reform. >> on executive power. >> we are trying to go beyond left and right in this sense. when we come back, we're going to talk more about the right than the left. even with an overactive bladder. i don't always let the worry my pipes might leak compromise what i like to do. i take care with vesicare. because i have better places to visit than just the bathroom. (announcer) once-daily vesicare can help control your bladder muscle, and is proven to reduce frequent, sudden urges and leaks, day and night. if you have certain stomach or glaucoma problems or trouble emptying your bladder, do not take vesicare. tell your doctor right away if you have a serious allergic reaction, severe abdominal pain, or become constipated for three or more days. vesicare may cause blurred vision so use caution while dr
we use it a lot. we are just using it today over immigration reform. when you have mayor bloomberg coming together with fox news to push for real immigration reform. on drug reform. you know, it is a huge left/right coalition. on afghanistan. on wall street reform. >> on executive power. >> we are trying to go beyond left and right in this sense. when we come back, we're going to talk more about the right than the left. even with an overactive bladder. i don't always let the worry...
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he's going to explain to us why. welcome, george osborne. >> good to be here. >> what to make of these protests, and the last i remember these protests they were margaret thatcher taking on the miners. is this as serious a moment in britain's history? >> i don't think it's the same. there have been protests, there were protests about the iraq war, very big protests under tony blair. obviously some students don't want to pay higher fees, that's what the issue was with this particular disturbance. we were seeking a higher contribution from students for their university education. but we believe not only does it help deal with that budget deficit that you entered the program, but it's also about making sure that british universities have stable sources of funding and are up there, competing with the best american universities and chinese and indian universities and maintaining britain as a world leader in higher education. the point is it's just one of the examples of the reforms that we're doing, which are both about r
he's going to explain to us why. welcome, george osborne. >> good to be here. >> what to make of these protests, and the last i remember these protests they were margaret thatcher taking on the miners. is this as serious a moment in britain's history? >> i don't think it's the same. there have been protests, there were protests about the iraq war, very big protests under tony blair. obviously some students don't want to pay higher fees, that's what the issue was with this...
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in fact the war itself got us out of a depression and got us into investments in important technologies and industries. and then we had kind of the cold war, we had sputnik, we had all these things that drove us to have a common purpose in america to build our economic base. today, i don't see that. i don't see a sense of urgency, i don't see a sense that we're in a competitive battle here. for jobs. for leadership. in industry. >> you have heard great ideas from these four ceos and you'll hear more from them later in the show. but when we come back, some of my ideas for fixing the nation's job problem. back in a moment. watch this. ♪ it's a pretty big deal. [ male announcer ] there is nothing more profound than hope. it is the promise that compels us to make the journey from wonder to discovery. the science of chemistry, our guide. the human element, our conscience. and to make this journey, we have become the new order of hunters and gatherers. finding answers in the elements. and a way forward illuminated by hope. >>> you just heard from the top ceos in the world on what they think
in fact the war itself got us out of a depression and got us into investments in important technologies and industries. and then we had kind of the cold war, we had sputnik, we had all these things that drove us to have a common purpose in america to build our economic base. today, i don't see that. i don't see a sense of urgency, i don't see a sense that we're in a competitive battle here. for jobs. for leadership. in industry. >> you have heard great ideas from these four ceos and...
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drug dealers use it, so do arms smugglers, money launderers and dictators. but that's all because it is the ultimate, unquestioned reservoir of value in the complex global economy. everyone, everyone accepts the dollar. now in the aftermath of world war ii, the dollar became the currency of choice for most trade between nations, the so-called dollar standard, when china buys iron ore from australia. the transition doesn't take place in uan or australian dollars, it's in u.s. dollars. when china sells widgets to russia in the past it hasn't been settled in uan or rubles, it's usually in dollars. that is changing. the almighty dollar is looking a little less almighty. on wednesday, marked by bell ringing and confetti, the moscow interbank currency exchange started trading between the russian ruble and the chinese yuan. instead of settling trades in dollars, a russian buyer can pay his own currency for these chinese widgets. the chinese seller gets paid in his own currency. why should you care what an exchange in moscow has decided to trade in? it's symbolic. t
drug dealers use it, so do arms smugglers, money launderers and dictators. but that's all because it is the ultimate, unquestioned reservoir of value in the complex global economy. everyone, everyone accepts the dollar. now in the aftermath of world war ii, the dollar became the currency of choice for most trade between nations, the so-called dollar standard, when china buys iron ore from australia. the transition doesn't take place in uan or australian dollars, it's in u.s. dollars. when china...
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in fact, the war itself got us out of a depression and got us into investments in important technologies and industries. and then we had, you know, kind of the -- you know, the cold war. we had sputnik. we had all these things that drove us to have a common purpose in america to build our economic base. today, i don't see that. i don't see a sense of urgency, i don't see a sense that we're in a competitive battle here. for jobs. for leadership. in industry. >> you have heard great ideas from these four ceos and you'll hear more from them later in the show. but when we come back, some of my ideas for fixing the nation's job problem. back in a moment. >>> you just heard from four of the top ceos in the world on what they think can help fix america's middle class crisis. what will bring back good jobs to america. let me add some of my own thoughts. the first thing we can do is what we have been doing for almost a generation now, which is kicking the can down the road. we've faced the twin pressures of technology and globalization since the mid-1970s. remember the rise of japan and south kor
in fact, the war itself got us out of a depression and got us into investments in important technologies and industries. and then we had, you know, kind of the -- you know, the cold war. we had sputnik. we had all these things that drove us to have a common purpose in america to build our economic base. today, i don't see that. i don't see a sense of urgency, i don't see a sense that we're in a competitive battle here. for jobs. for leadership. in industry. >> you have heard great ideas...
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, you cannot leave us, i want to be a doctor when i grow up, you cannot leave us. and for biden this was like a dagger to the heart. we can't leave them. and he went back to the white house and told president bush we need a marshall plan for afghanistan. the same joe biden today is the leading advocate for a minimalist strategy. and you have to ask yourself, well, what happened to that 12-year-old girl in biden's mind? what is his sense of where that commitment went in the six years -- >> i would have to think that some of it, though, is a heightened sense of realism in the sense that look, you're absolutely right. but if the cost of keeping girls' schools open in every afghan province is 100,000 american troops and 50,000 foreign troops at the cost of somewhere between 100 billion and $200 billion a year depending how you account for it, that's a lot. and the question is can you sell that in a democratic society where you're cutting back on schools in the united states? and can you sustain that indefinitely? because there is very little prospect that you can fast-
, you cannot leave us, i want to be a doctor when i grow up, you cannot leave us. and for biden this was like a dagger to the heart. we can't leave them. and he went back to the white house and told president bush we need a marshall plan for afghanistan. the same joe biden today is the leading advocate for a minimalist strategy. and you have to ask yourself, well, what happened to that 12-year-old girl in biden's mind? what is his sense of where that commitment went in the six years -- >>...
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in fact the war itself got us out of a depression and got us into investments in important technologies and industries. >> and then we had kind of the cold war, we had sputnik, we had all these things that drove us to have a common purpose in america to build our economic base. today, i don't see that. i don't see a sense of urgency, i don't see a sense that we're in a competitive battle here. for jobs. for leadership. in industry. >> you have heard great ideas from these four ceos and you'll hear more from them later in the show. but when we come back, some of my ideas for fixing the nation's job problem. back in a moment. i'm done with airline credit cards promising 25,000 miles a flight only to be told... there's nothing for 25. but they will let me give you the same seat for a big miles upcharge. how's that sound? for that many miles we'll be stuck taking a "staycation." [ imitates engine revving ] [ angie ] i'm through playing games. i switched to the venture card from capital one. vacation, here we come! [ male announcer ] don't pay miles upcharges. don't play games. get the fligh
in fact the war itself got us out of a depression and got us into investments in important technologies and industries. >> and then we had kind of the cold war, we had sputnik, we had all these things that drove us to have a common purpose in america to build our economic base. today, i don't see that. i don't see a sense of urgency, i don't see a sense that we're in a competitive battle here. for jobs. for leadership. in industry. >> you have heard great ideas from these four ceos...
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in fact the war itself got us out of a depression and got us into investments in important technologies and industries. >> and then we had kind of the cold war, we had sputnik, we had all these things that drove us to have a common purpose in america to build our economic base. today, i don't see that. i don't see a sense of urgency, i don't see a sense that we're in a competitive battle here. for jobs. for leadership. in industry. >> you have heard great ideas from these four ceos and you'll hear more from them later in the show. but when we come back, some of my ideas for fixing the nation's job problem. back in a moment. s who need assistance getting around their homes. there is a medicare benefit that may qualify you for a new power chair or scooter at little or no cost to you. imagine... one scooter or power chair that could improve your mobility and your life. one medicare benefit that, with private insurance, may entitle you to pay little to nothing to own it. one company that can make it all happen ... your power chair will be paid in full. the scooter store. hi i'm doug harriso
in fact the war itself got us out of a depression and got us into investments in important technologies and industries. >> and then we had kind of the cold war, we had sputnik, we had all these things that drove us to have a common purpose in america to build our economic base. today, i don't see that. i don't see a sense of urgency, i don't see a sense that we're in a competitive battle here. for jobs. for leadership. in industry. >> you have heard great ideas from these four ceos...
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it is making us wider and shallower. people are aware of a wider range of things but, as you say, are digging in less. nick carr covered this in his book "the shallows." his basis seems to me to be correct. there is no such general capability of multi tasking. we are not good at two things at once by and large. when you look at the great media revolutions, you see that at a certain point society, in integrating new technology also creates structures around it that hold it into place. so there was at some point, depending on the country and between the 18th and 19th century the idea that children should, in general, be literate. we should teach 5-year-olds to read. that's an extraordinary expense and effort society takes on for itself. but it is necessary to integrate the value of the printing press into the culture. so the question i have around these tools is, how are we to manage all of the distracting freedom? the upside of the same tools is that it is an extraordinary increase in freedom of the press and freedom of a
it is making us wider and shallower. people are aware of a wider range of things but, as you say, are digging in less. nick carr covered this in his book "the shallows." his basis seems to me to be correct. there is no such general capability of multi tasking. we are not good at two things at once by and large. when you look at the great media revolutions, you see that at a certain point society, in integrating new technology also creates structures around it that hold it into place....